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What is Praxis?

Praxis
International (formerly The Center for the Study of Russia and the Soviet Union)
is based in the United States with a formal all-Russian juridical registration
in Moscow. It was established in 1990 to help Western scholars to exploit the
unprecedented research opportunities in the post-Soviet era. In the wake of
the collapse of Russian governmental support of scholarly research and institutions,
we also think it important to provide Russian scholars and institutions with
a means by which to survive in the new era.

Each year, as many as 60 graduate and post-graduate scholars are
placed in Russia through our programs. In addition, the Center
administers the Russian Archive Project, a joint effort in
collaboration between Western and Russian scholars to publish
finding aids and guides to Russian archival collections.